Th1 cytokine pattern in sarcoidosis is expressed by bronchoalveolar CD4+ and CD8+ T cells

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-248

  Prasse, A ^a   Georges, C G ^a   Biller, H ^a   Hamm, H ^a   Matthys, H ^a   Luttmann, W ^a   Virchow Jr , J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Intracellular cytokine measurement; Sarcoidosis; Th1

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; TH1 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033741823     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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